An Unforgetable Weekend
by G.T.Aikuritsu

      Logan Ross stretched and yawned as he got out of the back seat of his dad's truck. They had just arrived at Kingston State College, after a four and a half hour drive. Logan had done nothing but listen to some old CD's and stare out of his window the entire time, and he was glad to finally be able to step out into the fresh air. "Oh wow!" Logan's mother said as she got out of the front seat of the. "This place is gorgeous! Oh just look at all the room on the grounds!" And Logan did look, across the open grounds covered in lush, neatly trimmed grass. There were walkways that split out to different parts of the sizable campus from a main walkway that lead up to the front of the main building. In the center on the main plaza, there was a spectacular bronze sculpture of an elegant looking eagle griffin--probably the school's founder, Dr. Mordalfus Kingston. It was placed in the center of a large pool with fountains shooting out into the crystal water. On the outside, a stone bench went all the way around the centerpiece for furs to sit on. Logan raised his eyebrows and whistled to himself in amazement of the capacity of his new school.
      "Well, what else would you expect other than the finest for our pup?" Logan's dad smiled as he clapped his paw firmly onto his son's shoulder. "This is the kind of place a strong-minded wolf needs, eh, Log?" Logan smiled a bit at his father. His parents were always praising him for his academic achievements; and he wasn't REALLY a wolf--only half. His father was a dark gray and white husky, and his mother was a pure white timber wolf. He looked more like his mother though, by far. His own fur was completely white, except for a light gray trail of fur leading from his chest down to...well, "those" places. However much he resembled his mother though, he had his father's deep sapphire blue eyes. His mother always told him that his father's eyes are made her fall in love with him, and that one day, he too would charm a nice beautiful female canine the same way. Logan always rolled his eyes at this. He had never told his parents about his recent discovery that he gay...or at least bisexual. He thought it best not to tell them until later, to avoid major confrontation.
      "Uh, yeah..I guess so." Logan said, continuing to look around the campus at all the different furs roaming around with their parents, just like Logan. This made Logan a little less nervous, knowing he wasn't the only new guy on campus. He was just like the other entire eight hundred or so freshman that were appointed to Kingston that year. "You guess?" His father replied, still grinning. "Well, that's good enough for me!" He chuckled heartily and turned to his wife. "So, shall we help our son get comfortable here, or what?" Logan's mother smirked at her husband. "Well...alright. You big strong males get all the luggage and the new computer. OH! AND the new desk...and I'll go turn in the registration and find his room." Logan's father's ears drooped a little as he opened his mouth to protest. Then, he stopped, knowing any arguing was futile with his stubborn wife. "Oh...alright." He turned to Logan. "We better start unloading the truck." Logan smiled widely and patted the middle-aged husky's back so firmly it knocked his specs a bit crooked. "It's alright, Dad. A good work out is just what a strong husky like you needs!" Logan's father rolled his eyes and pulled open the back of the Chevy pickup as he murmured things under his breath about how females controlled every male's life like a mad dictator. Logan just laughed and climbed into the back of the truck to help his father.

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      The elevator bell sounded and the metal door receded into the walls, allowing a tall clouded leopard to come out onto the second floor of the male dorm building. He swished his long, spotted tail once as he heaved his luggage trolley down towards the end of the hall where his dorm was supposed to be. He smiled a little to himself as he found two canines--a young wolf and an older husky...probably father and son-- forcing a new computer desk into the same room he was appointed to. "Hey there," the leopard said as he stopped his trolley and went over to the two struggling males. "Need a little help?" Logan looked up around the corner of the desk to see who the owner of the kind voice was. He smiled, a little embarrassed as he held the desk up, trying to pull it into his room through the apparently too narrow doorway. "Wha-? Oh, er...yeah. That would be very considerate of you." Logan's dad smiled weakly as he pushed from the other side of the desk. "Yes, that would certainly be appreciated." The leopard smiled and observed the situation before limberly climbing around the desk and standing next to Logan. He smiled, and grabbed the corner of the desk. "We need to lift this corner, and when we do--sir," He looked over the desk at Logan's father. "Push as hard as you can." The old husky nodded in response, getting in a ready stance. "OK, on 'three'?" Logan and the leopard both nodded in unison. "Right."
      The leopard glanced over at the Logan for a second, smiling inwardly before clearing his throat and preparing to lift the desk. "One...two...THREE!" He heaved the desk up wards and felt it budge backwards into the room. He felt it move a little more as the wolf pulled with him. Logan grunted and gritted his teeth, pulling with all his might. "Grrr..d-DAD! A little...h-help?!" Logan's father had been pushing, but to no avail. After hearing his son's plea, he stepped back and rammed his shoulder against the desk, sending it passed the doorway and into the room. Logan gasped as the desk suddenly lurched into him. He stumbled back, letting go of the desk as he fell back hard on his rump, putting a paw out on one of the beds to catch himself. "W-WHOA!" The leopard fell back, but caught himself as he saw the wolf fall. He dropped the desk and went to the wolf, extending a paw to help him to his feet. "Whoa man, you OK?"
      Logan took the leopard's paw and was helped up, almost effortlessly by the strong feline. "Yeah...I'm fine. Thanks." The leopard smiled and shrugged. "Glad I could help." He went back out into the hallway, passing Logan's dad as he did, and pulled his trolley into the room next to the desk. Logan's father stood next to his son and looked over at the young, friendly cat. "Oh, are you Log's room mate?" The leopard smiled again and started unloading his trolley. "Yeah. I'm Alex Burner." The husky shook Alex's paw firmly. "Gary Ross, and this is my son, Logan." Logan shook Alex's paw and smiled a little. "Nice to meet you." Alex grinned and set his suitcase on one of the beds. "Likewise. Looks like we'll be getting to know each other pretty well, huh?" "Yeah...looks that way." Logan replied as he went to get his own luggage. Mr. Ross smiled and went towards the door. "Well, I'll let you two settle in. Log, I'm gonna go round up your mother." Logan laughed a little and waved a paw at his father. "Heh, alright. Just make sure to meet me back by the truck by seven. We still need to go eat somewhere." Mr. Ross nodded and left the room, closing the door behind him and leaving Logan and Alex alone in their new dorm room.
      "Heh...these dorms are pretty nice." Alex said as he began pulling things from his suitcase. "We have our own bathroom instead of a public one. Now we don't have to shower out in the open." Logan smiled and began to drag the desk over to the wall so he had room to unpack his own belongings. "Yeah...thank the lord. My high school had open showers. It was a nightmare." He rolled his eyes as he remembered many occasions where a fur was jumped in the showers for 'looking at a guy wrong'--or just because the jocks didn't like someone. Alex looked inquiringly at Logan. "Nightmare? Oh come one, it wasn't THAT bad was it?" Logan just shrugged as he went to the small dresser to put some clothes away. "Well, I don't know. I just didn't feel comfortable in a room with forty naked guys...especially since they were all mostly ass holes anyway." Alex nodded as he threw his schoolbooks out on his own dresser and started to fill the empty drawers. "Ah, I see. A little homophobic are you?" He smirked a little over at the wolf. Logan coughed a little bit when he heard Alex's somewhat ironic comment. "Um...no. I just uh...didn't like it that much is all." He said in a somewhat smaller voice, hoping to sound as convincing as possible. The last thing he wanted was his new roommate to ditch him because he was a 'fag' or something. To Logan's relief, Alex just shrugged and continued on with his unpacking.
      While the two furs unpacked, the conversation level had dropped to almost nothing. There was the occasional questioning of basic information: "Where you from?", "What's your major?", "Got any plans before classes start?"; and Alex also questioned Logan's species. He had noticed his father was a husky and he was a wolf. So, Logan explained his heritage and how he looked mostly like his mother except for his eyes. Then there was more silence--at least until a loud ringing of a cell phone sounded and made both the furs jump and gasp in surprise. Alex pulled a black Motorola flip-phone out of his left pocket and flicked it open, mouthing "Just a minute" to Logan as he put the device up to his ear. "Hello?" He said, as he listened for an answer. "Hi Alex, it's Mom..." Said the voice on the other end of the line. "Oh, hey, Mom. What's up?" "Honey, I'm sorry...but I'm afraid I can't make it to dinner with you tonight."
      Alex drooped his ears a little, but did his best to look like he didn't care. He didn't want to look like a 'mama's boy' in front of his new roommate. "Oh um...why not?" His mother sighed and then continued her explanation. "I'm going to visit Charles in the hospital." Alex Gulped. "Yeah...is he OK?" "Yes, he's fine, dear. But he had a close call just this morning." Alex put on a more confident tone as he responded. "Oh it's fine, Mom. Go on, I can find something to eat on my own. And it's not like we can't get dinner another time. You live right on the other side of town." "Oh I'm sorry, hun. I'll make it up to you, I prom--" Alex cut her off with a completely fake understanding laugh. "Mom, it's OK. I'll talk to you later, alright?" "Alright, Al. Buh bye."
      The line clicked and went dead, and Alex folded his phone and slid it back in his pocket. He went about gathering the last of his things and putting them away, looking a bit less enthusiastic as he did before. Logan watched Alex, immediately noticing he was a little disappointed. From what he heard from the call, Alex wasn't going out with his parents because of some family issues. Logan stopped hooking up his somewhat new eMac computer and walked over to help with Alex's stuff. "Is everything OK?" He asked, trying to make his voice sound concerned, but not overly worried. Alex smiled at the friendly canine. He was glad he hadn't moved in with a selfish jerk that wouldn't care to ask such a thing. "Yeah...my parents just aren't going to be able to make it to dinner tonight is all. They're going to visit my da...dad's brother in the hospital. He has Huntington's Disease." Logan couldn't help but gasp. He did a research paper on HD in his senior year. It's a genetic disorder, similar to Parkinson's disease. It was untraceable until 1993, when testing first came out. But even if you were tested, there was no treatment or cure for HD. The symptoms usually started when a host reached the middle-aged point. Their memory starts to get bad, and they have a hard time using motor skills properly. There are also violent mood swings and emotional breakdowns. Eventually, the person would loose all memory of his or her life and would be unable to speak or walk on their own. None ever survived HD in the end.
      "Alex...I'm sorry. I know what HD does to you." Alex shrugged and put his empty luggage in the small closet next to the bathroom. "Yeah, We've known for a long time now though. And he's in the late stages, so...so he won't last much longer." There was a small awkward silence in which neither of the furs made eye contact. Alex just scratched the back of his head and pretended to be occupied with looking around the room, and Logan just twiddled his thumbs down by his waist and did the same. Then, Logan's eyes landed on the digital clock Alex had plugged in and set. 6:51 PM. "Oh wow!" He said as he headed for the door. "I have to get going, dinner with my--" He stopped and looked back at Alex, feeling kind of bad that he was about to do what Alex had wanted. Alex raised his eyebrow when Logan stopped mid sentence. "...What..?" Logan turned to face Alex and cleared his throat a little. "You um...you wanna come to dinner with me and my parents? I'm sure they wouldn't mind." Alex smiled and shook his paws. He didn't want to intrude on Logan's time with his family just because the wolf felt sorry for him. "Oh...no, no. It's fine. I'll grab a bite to eat somewhere."
      Logan rolled his eyes and walked over to the leopard, grabbing his wrist and practically dragging him to the door. "Oh...you're coming alright. Weather you want to or not!" He grinned and pulled the feline out the door, quickly closing it and locking it behind him. Then he turned to Alex and smiled warmly. "Now let's go, my folks are waiting." Alex Sighed and smiled shyly as he was lead out into the hall. He was still a little hesitant. "You're sure, Logan? I mean, I don't wanna--?" "Yes!" Logan interrupted. Logan laughed a little a started walking down the hallway towards the elevators, gesturing with his head for the leopard to follow him. He looked over his shoulder and was happy to see Alex was walking close behind him. They arrived at the elevator and Alex pressed the down button. The bell dinged and the two furs stepped in, letting the metal doors close them in.

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      It was late--about ten o'clock--when the Ross's and their new friend, Alex finally arrived back at Kingston. They had been at the restaurant for hours just talking and laughing about every-day things. Conversations shifted from this to that...nothing really important except for the short few moments they talked about taking college seriously and not just partying and being lazy. Once they had finally paid the bill and left, the entire ride home was just joking around. Logan almost felt like his parents treated Alex like they'd known him for years, but Logan didn't really pay attention. Now that they were back, Logan stepped out of his father's truck and looked at the grounds of Kingston's campus for the second time that day. He looked back as Alex and his parents got out of the truck as well. They were all chuckling at a joke someone told, but Logan had failed to hear it. He had been thinking again and staring out his window like he usually did. It seemed his parents liked Alex quite a lot, and so did Logan as a matter of fact. He was glad he was rooming with him, at least for the time being.
      "Thanks, Mr. and Mrs. Ross." Alex said politely. "I had a really good time tonight." Mrs. Ross smiled as she stood next to Logan and Mr. Ross. "Oh, it was nothing! We're glad you came along." Mr. Ross grinned and put his paw out and shook Alex's again. "You're welcome, Alex. I hope we get to see you again soon. Maybe you guy's winter break or something." Alex shook Mr. Ross's paw as firmly as he could, still smiling. "Yeah, sure thing. But anyway...I have to get going. I still have to get a shower in and I'm pretty tired. You guys take care." Logan nodded to Alex as he watched the leopard turn and head for the dorm house. Then, his mother hugged him tightly. He smiled and hugged her back for a moment until he was released. While he was in the embrace though, he realized just how big of change it would be just not having his mother around him at the college. He could smell the sweet perfume she always wore, and he fondly remembered all the other times he'd hugged her. Being in her protecting mother's arms had never felt so impacting until that moment...when he knew he wouldn't experience it for quite a while.
      "Oh, I'll miss you, Logan!" His mother said as she stepped back with her husband. "Stay safe, and don't go to any wild parties. Oh! And absolutely No drinking, smoking, sex...any of that college stuff! You hear?" Logan smiled a little as he saw his father suppressing a laugh behind his mother's back, rolling his eyes. Logan just nodded seriously. "Right...no wild parties." "OR smoking or drinking!" His mother added seriously. "But, you know, I think sex is OK though..." Mr. Ross said, mocking his wife, in spite of her. This caused her to slap his shoulder and glare at him before turning back to Logan, glaring just as menacingly at him. "And NO sex!" She added. Logan laughed at his parents. He rolled his eyes and hugged his mother again, tighter than before...and he once again got the feeling he was doing it for the last time. It was just nerves though, right?
      "OK Mom...I get it." He winked at his dad over his mother's shoulder and then released her from the hug. He stood in front his father. Their eyes met for a short moment, just like at dinner, and Logan knew everything was going to be okay. Then, his father put his paw out for Logan to shake. Logan looked at it for a second, and then took it firmly in his own paw, squeezing as hard as he could. His dad squeezed harder, it even hurt Logan's paw a little, but Logan didn't care. "See ya, Pup..." His dad said, never taking his eyes of his son's identical pair of orbs. "Yeah..." Logan replied softly. Then, he lurched forwards and hugged his father tightly. It felt good, for he hadn't actually hugged his father in a long time; and it felt even better when he felt his father's arms embrace him just as tightly in return. Logan let go of his father and was ginning widely, and so was his father. "You be safe, Son...and work hard on your studies." Mr. Ross said. "I'll do my best to make you guys proud." Logan said this as his mother and father began to get back into the truck. Before his dad got in and closed his door, he turned back and looked at him. "You've already done that, Logan..." Then, he got in the truck, revved up the engine and started to drive away. Logan couldn't stop himself from waving at them until they had turned out of sight on the main road. "Bye..." He said to himself, and then he turned and headed back in the direction of his dorm...still feeling a little more alone than he ever had been before. But he would deal with it. And hopefully, he would have friends to help him...Alex...

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      Alex looked up from his magazine as he heard the doorknob to the dorm turn. He had expected it was Logan, and it was. He sat up a bit from the half lying down, half sitting his neck on a small pillow position he was in on one of the dorm beds. He rolled his neck a little and wondered why he ever went into that position in the first place, and then he stretched and acknowledged his new friend. "Hey there. Your parents leave?" Logan shut the door behind him and went over to his own bed, flopping down on his back and looking over at Alex. "Yeah. They're staying in a Motel room tonight and leaving early in the morning." "Oh, I see." Alex thought for a second, not being completely sure if he should bring up the topic again...but what could it harm right? "Hey Logan, um...thanks again for inviting me to dinner. You really didn't have to, and you still invited a complete stranger out to spend time with your family. It was very nice of you." Logan smiled and rolled onto his side so he was facing Alex, leaning on his elbow and propping his head up on his paw. "No problem. I'm usually not that open towards people I barely know, but you seemed nice and I knew I had to begin to get to know you sooner or later...why not sooner, right?" Alex still felt he had to protest a little. "But, how'd you know your parents were going to like me? I mean, what if I was some jerk or...or some obnoxious idiot or something?"
      Logan shrugged. "I don't know. I was willing to take a chance. You really didn't seem that way...the way you offered to help my dad and me as soon as you saw us. And besides, my parents loved you, especially my mom. There's nothing to worry about." Alex was about to argue more, but he decided it was best not to. He didn't want to seem annoying; especially after the surprisingly good start he had with Logan. He liked the canine, even though he didn't know him all that much; and he assumed that they would end up getting along fairly nicely. They may even become good friends...but only time would tell in the long run. "OK, if you say so." He said, putting down his magazine and walking to his dresser. He opened one of the drawers and pulled out a pair of gray Hanes boxer briefs. He also took out some mint-scented fur shampoo he had brought along. "So um, I'm gonna take a shower. You don't have any peeves or rules for privacy and rooming do you? Now would be a good time to let me know." Logan shrugged and grabbed his iPod. "OK...just don't go prancing around naked all the time. And if you do, make sure I'm not here." Logan smiled widely, obviously making a sarcastic, but relevant comment.
      Alex rolled his eyes and went into the small bathroom. "Alright...fair enough. I wouldn't want you getting jealous of my sleek, in-tone body anyway." He looked over his shoulder, and smirked happily to himself as he saw Logan roll his eyes at the sarcastic comment and crank up his music. Then, he shut the door, set his clean underwear and shampoo on the small counter, and started to undress. He looked at himself in the medium-sized mirror. He looked over his athletic body, his toned, but not bulky biceps, his well-trimmed pectorals and abs, his furry and clearly noticeable sheath and sac, and finally his strong runners legs. He had run track and cross-country every year since the seventh grade; and he was a fairly decent swimmer; but he wasn't doing any college sports. He figured there wasn't enough time. Alex sighed softly to himself as he laid out a towel by the shower, and turned on the shower to a lukewarm temperature and got in.
      Logan stared at the white ceiling above his bed as he lay back and listened to his music. Logan liked Techno more than any other type of music. In fact, he'd listen to generally anything except rap. He heard the water in the shower turn on over the steady bass beat of the song he has listening to. He sighed and flipped through his house collection...nothing he really wanted to listen to. He switched to trance, but he wasn't patient enough for the repetitiveness of the style. He'd already heard his vocal mixes a thousand times. He pulled off his headphones and put his iPod back where he got it, sitting up on his bed and looking around the small, but spacious dorm room he was going to be living in. His eyes landed on his computer and he decided to go set it up to make it functional. He turned it on and sat down. He waited until the login screen for Mac OS-X came up and typed in his password. Of course everything he had saved on it before had worked, but he was without Internet at the moment. He reached over and plugged in his router, and was about to hook in to the school's cable Internet when a window flashed saying: Local Network Connection Found! Logan grinned and laughed to himself. eMacs had a built in wireless network, and since his computer found an Internet connection, the neighboring dorm must have one too! He smiled evilly and typed in his IP number. The connection was made with the other computer's router and Logan now had free high speed Internet.
      "Yes! I AM DU HAXOR!!" He said as he jumped out of his chair. Alex was getting out of the shower when he heard Logan yell. He hadn't turned off the shower yet so he couldn't tell what he said. He grabbed his towel, wrapped it around his waist and walked, dripping, out into the room. "Logan? What the matter? Is everything OK?" Logan turned around and felt his stomach turn to ice. His expression changed when he saw the leopard standing there, soaked in hot water...a clear bulge through the small towel around his waist. He gulped and put on what he hoped was a convincing smile, and he also felt himself blushing slightly, which was unusual because he'd seen plenty of naked guys before, and Alex wasn't even fully naked! "Wha-? Oh...um...y-yeah...I er..um...got us Internet..." Alex scratched the back of his head and smiled a little, blushing from embarrassment. "Oh...heh...right." He started backing back into the bathroom. "Well um...d-don't mind me, heh..."
      He quickly shut the door and leaned against it, sighing angrily to himself and letting his towel drop as he went and turned the shower off. "Alex...you're an idiot." He said to himself as he began drying off. "What were you thinking?! He wasn't hurt or anything, just storm out there, drenched and in a towel. Smooth. Now he's going to think you're gay or something." Alex thought about the last comment he said to himself as he dried off his rear and legs. He had been looking at guys more and more ever since he was a freshman in high school, and he knew he was gay--not bi--gay. The thing was, he was too afraid to tell anyone, unless they were gay or bi as well. So, he didn't want to do anything--give any kind of hint that he was, in fact, a homosexual...especially to Logan. Logan sat down in his chair, hastily rearranging his erection through his pants. He looked at his computer screen blankly, his thoughts jumbled for a moment. He looked down at the bulge in his pants, wishing it would go away. He really didn't mean for it to happen, it just did. He turned of his computer and rearranged his penis once again. He put his shirt down to make it less noticeable, and sat in his bed again. Then, he saw Alex come out of the bathroom, dressed in boxers and long blue pajama pants. He forced himself not to look at him, and picked up the Leopard's magazine instead.
      "Hi..." Alex said as he went to his own bed and hopped in, lying with his arms behind his head. "Logan...I'm sorry about that...I heard you yell and--" "It's OK" Logan said before Alex could finish, but he still didn't look at him. "Really it's fine. You thought I got hurt or something...I'm not going to get mad at you for caring." Alex smiled weakly and laid back down, sighing a little "OK...hey is that my magazine?" He had just realized what Logan was reading. "What?" Logan looked up suddenly. "Oh yeah...sorry." He shut the magazine and handed it across to Alex. "Here." Alex smiled and shook his paw at it. "No, you can have it. I have another one coming in about a week." Logan shrugged and took it back, looking at the cover instead of just pretending to read it. He was a little surprised to see that it was Art Times Magazine. Logan himself used to get this magazine before he decided to go to college. "I didn't know you liked art." Alex said. "What kind are you into? Architecture...painting...New Age?" Logan put down the magazine and turned on his side to look at Alex, almost forgetting what happened just minutes before. "Oh, well I think that anyone who can draw a red line on a huge piece of paper and call it a really stupid name can make new age 'art'."
      Alex laughed. "Yeah I know. I saw this one where a guy hung a black string from the ceiling and tied a domino to the bottom of it. He made millions! I was like, what the hell?" "I know what you mean...but anyway...I like a lot of paintings. Picasso, Van Gogh, de Vinci...but I really like sculptures." "Oh! Me too! Michelangelo, Berini..." "Yeah...Those two are my favorite." "Mine too!" There was a moment of silence in which both furs just looked at one another. Logan saw that Alex had dark green--almost emerald--eyes, laced with gold. He couldn't help thinking that he and the leopard were going to get along fantastically. Alex looked into Logan's deep blue eyes; not really noticing Logan was looking strait back. He just kind of got lost in them for a second, thinking of how they already had dinner together and were finding things they had in common on the first night they knew each other. Alex somehow knew this was going to be a great start at Kingston. Logan came out of his short daze and looked at his clock, avoiding Alex's eyes, which were still focused on his own eyes. Even though he wasn't looking at him, he could feel Alex staring at him.
      "Um...it's almost midnight. I think we should go to bed. Well, me anyway...." Alex didn't take his eyes off of Logan's until the canine had clicked off his light. Alex did the same and rolled over in his bed, pulling the covers up to him snugly. "Alright. Goodnight, then." "Night, Alex." Within minutes, both furs were sound asleep...but little did they know each would be in the other's dreams throughout the night.

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      BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! ". I know there's somethin' in the wake of your smile...I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah...You've--" "AAAAH!" Alex sat bolt upright. He had been awoken by the sound of a thunderous bass beat and a very loud voice. "What the--!?" He looked over to see Logan jumping out of bed and pressing keys on the keyboard to his computer. "Logan??" "...Listen to your heart! When he's calling for y--" Logan's heart was racing and his eyes were wide. He stood at his computer, not feeling the least bit tired like he usually would when he got up. "Holy...SHIT!" He sat back in his chair and turned to face Alex, who was staring at him like he'd seen a ghost. "I um...the alarm I set for it. I forgot to take it off..." Both the furs stared at each other for what seemed like 10 minutes when it was only a few seconds. Logan saw Alex's scared face crack into a smile. Logan tried to keep his face straight, but it was very hard. The two burst out laughing at the same time. Logan doubled over in his swivel chair and Alex rolling around in his bed. The two furs took a couple minutes to settle down, and when they did, each was wiping a tear from his eye. "O my lord!" Alex said, falling onto his back in his bed. "That was your alarm? You get up to THAT every morning?!" Logan sat up and took a deep breath. "Oh jeeze! Yeah, but not exactly that loud. I must have bumped the volume all the way up or something. God, I almost had a heart attack!"
      Alex turned and got out of his bed, standing and stretching as he looked over at his digital alarm clock. He went to his dresser and picked up his stick of gel deodorant. "It's later than I thought. Already past ten." Of course, Logan knew what time it was. He set the alarm himself and knew it sounded at ten fifteen every morning. He also got up and went to his dresser. He took off his shirt, realizing he'd slept in his clothes, and then removed his shorts. He remembered the incident of the previous night, but he forced it from his mind and didn't worry about changing in front of Alex. Logan turned around to see Alex pulling his tail through the opening in a new pair of briefs. Logan was unmoved this time, though, because he really hadn't seen anything. Logan thought for a second. He had changed in front of guys plenty of times! Even Alex, who never had open showers, just did it without a second thought. He decided to ease the tension he felt growing between them with a little conversation. "So, what do you have planned for today?" Alex was pulling on a pair of blue jeans as he responded, not really looking at Logan. "Oh, I don't know really. I was thinking a bite to eat, then just...hang out or something." Logan had dropped his underwear. He dared to stand there for a few seconds--nude--as he looked for a new pair. He found some and slipped them on, pulling his tail out through the opening made for just that. He then pulled out a pair of black jeans and started pulling them on. "Well, I was going to do about the same." He turned to Alex as he put on a layer of his own deodorant. "Maybe you could show me around town or something...tonight maybe..."
      Alex made himself suppress his blush before turning slightly to answer Logan, though he didn't look at his face. "Um..y-yeah. Sounds great." Alex assumed Logan hadn't noticed the mirror right on the wall above Alex's dresser. Or maybe he didn't care since he had been in a mass changing room before so many times. But whatever Logan thought, Alex couldn't help but watch the guy change in the mirror. He gulped when he saw his sheath and sac. And when he bent to put his new boxers on, Alex got a clear view of his tailhole. Alex had picked a long shirt, and was glad his pants were somewhat baggy, because if not, the bulge of his erection in his pants would be more noticeable than an equine amongst a group of foxes. "Yeah," Alex said as he slipped his cell phone into his pocket and grabbed his near empty wallet. "Sounds good. I know some hot spots--places furs will mostly like to hang out on weekend and whatnot--if you want to see those." "OK then. Lets get something to eat and then start from there." Logan shrugged and went to his computer desk, grabbing his iPod and his cell phone. It was a new model by Samsung that had just come out in Korea and was only on special order in the United States. "Whoa!" Alex said, looking at the small 'computer' Logan was putting in his pocket. "That's that new Samsung phone-computer thing, right?" Alex came over to Logan to look at the phone.
      "Uh...yeah. A gift from Dad for going to college. It's got everything on it. Digi-cam, MP3, LCD screen..." He handed the phone to Alex, who held it like it was the hope diamond. "Wow...thing things are like six-hundred dollars or something right?" Alex said, looking over the phone like it was a precious rare gem. Logan grabbed his wallet and put it in his pocket as he took back his phone, putting it in the other. He headed towards the door and said, "Well...I yeah, I guess. My family is just really well off." They walked down the hall, taking the stairs to the back parking lot instead of the elevator. Alex couldn't help but question Logan a bit more about his financial status. "So, do you have a car? I mean you have to have a car right? Even I have one. It's that one there." He pointed to a blue Toyota Camry--probably about 1997. "It's not much, but it has great mileage." Logan kept walking, right past the car Alex pointed to and smirking to himself. He had an idea he was about to make the leopard very jealous. He stopped in the middle of the lane. Vehicles of students filled every parking spot on both sides of them.
      Alex looked around. "Um...you heard me right?" Logan smiled and pulled a kilas remote from his pocket. It had a black key dangling from it, and it was borne with a silver Mustang insignia on it. He jingled it in front off Alex as he pressed the unlock button on the remote. "Oh...I heard you" DOIK-DOIK! Alex heard the sound and turned around just in time to see the lights flash on a jet black 2004 Ford Mustang GT. He shook his head in amazement and walked over to it, running his paw from the low spoiler to the hood, and then around to the passenger door. "Nice ride!" Logan laughed and walked over, opening the driver side door and getting in. He Laughed again as Alex opened his door and got in beside him, smiling. "I'm glad you're my room mate." Logan put the key in and turned on the ignition. The motor rumbled under their feet as it came to life. "The thing I like about this car is the sound...the sound SYSTEM I should say." Alex buckled his seat belt and adjusted his seat. "Hell yes! Lets put in some tunes." Logan pulled out his iPod and took out a cord that would connect it to his sound system. "My parents had it parked here last night. We took the truck up so we could bring all my stuff." He plugged in his iPod and tinkered with his equalizer for a moment.
      "You're so lucky!" Alex smiled as he ran his paw over the smooth interior. "Yeah. This was my first ride. Wait till you hear how the bass is. You like techno?" He cranked the volume and put on a house beat. It was the same song he had as his alarm...Listen to Your Heart, by D.H.T. Alex laughed excitedly as Logan shifted gears and pulled out of the parking lot. "Yeah I do. Especially D.H.T." Logan pulled onto the road and headed for an Arby's he spotted on the way over to Kingston. "You know, Alex...I think I'm going to like you."

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      Logan tossed the rest of his bacon cheddar melt into the trash as he walked with Alex out of Arby's. It hadn't been that good, but he had eaten enough to last him for a while. He went to his side of the car and opened the door, getting in the driver seat. Alex joined him on the other side and Logan started the engine, buckling his seat belt as he did. "You know, Alex...you didn't have to pay for the food. I could've had it covered..." Logan felt a little guilty because Alex had insisted on paying for their entire meal. Logan didn't get a lot, but he knew he could have easily covered it with one bill from his wallet. "Logan, for the last time, it's OK!" Alex said, buckling his seatbelt as well. "I had enough, and besides, I still have a lot left." Logan pulled out and started driving back towards Kingston. They still needed to tour the campus and facilities, but he wasn't sure if that was going to happen today or not. "OK...but the next one is on me, deal?" "Deal." Alex responded as he grabbed Logan's iPod and looked through his songs. "Hey, this is a pretty decent collection. There's some stuff I've never even heard of on here." Logan reached over and took his iPod from Alex, going to one of his play lists and selecting a song. "You said you like D.H.T. right?"
      "Yeah, but I haven't heard all of their stuff." Logan turned up the volume and put on a bassy beat by their favorite artist. He rolled his eyes as Alex started moving to the beat in a kind of crazy manner. He soon found himself bobbing his head as they drove back to Kingston. Logan pulled into the parking lot behind their dorms and found a spot close to the building. He got out and stretched a bit, waiting for Alex to get out as well. Alex stepped out of the car, the iPod in his paw. "You mind if I explore your library a little?" He shut his door and began walking towards the entrance to their building. Logan followed the feline and shrugged. "Sure. I don't see why not. I mean, we do live together. It won't go far." Alex smiled and tucked the device carefully into his pocket. "Thanks!" The two furs came to the front entrance of their dorms where they saw two males arguing quietly at the front desk. They got in line behind them, and they didn't seem to notice them at all. "Dan...we can't be in a four-person dorm!" The black fox said quietly, but urgently. "Why not?" Responded the slightly taller and more muscular skunk. "We could get to know people better and...well.."
      The fox sighed and put his paw on the skunk's shoulder. "Dan...how are we going to have privacy with two other guys? And furthermore, we don't even know who these guys will be! I mean most guys just aren't going to be OK with rooming with...well.." "A gay couple you mean? John...so what? If they don't like it, they can move out." Logan gulped. He had been listening to the two furs' conversation, and had thought that they might be boy friends, but now he knew for sure. He looked over at Alex and saw that he was listening too. Their eyes met. Both of them were thinking something, but neither of them was sure if it was the same thing. They stepped back a little, leaving the two to argue a bit more. "Did you hear that?" Alex said. "Yeah...do you think..?" "What?" "Well...they need a private room. I think they deserve one anyway. And well..." Alex looked at Logan, a bit confused about what the wolf was thinking. "Well...what?" Logan looked at Alex, not sure if the suggestion he was about to make was the right one. "Alex, you said you weren't homophobic right?" Alex's expression turned a little more serious. "Logan...you're not...are you thinking of switching rooms with those guys?"
      Logan shook his head. "No, not that. I was thinking, we could ask to be moved in with them. That way they wouldn't have the pressure of hiding their--well their relationship." Alex took a few moments to think it over. He sighed softly and looked back up to Logan. "I guess we could, but are we even aloud to do that?" Logan smiled and shrugged. "I think it's worth a try." Alex shrugged as well, rolling his eyes a bit in agreement. "Oh...well alright. Let's ask them then. Logan nodded and walked over to the two furs, which were still arguing. "Hey, um...guys?" The two looked up at Logan with quizzical faces. The Skunk was the first one to speak. "Yeah? Can we help you?" "Yeah? Is it that important? We're kinda...busy." Logan smiled friendly. "Well of course it's important. I couldn't help over hearing a bit of your conversation." The fox looked uneasy, standing a bit taller as he looked at Logan, unsure of what to say. "You...you did?"
      "Yeah." Logan smiled as understandingly and friendly as he could. "It seems to me like you two don't want to move into a room with guys you might have to well, hide from. If you know what I mean. Am I right?" "Oh, " The fox relaxed a bit, looking at the skunk and back at Logan. He was now holding the skunk's paw in his. "Yeah, we're um...well--" "Gay. Yeah I heard that part." Logan said, shaking his paw as if it was no big deal at all. "Anyway. My roommate and I were wondering if you wanted to, we could try and move in with you guys. You look friendly enough, and we're far from homophobic. We'd give you enough room to have an open relationship." Alex rolled his eyes as he listened to Logan explain his idea. Alex had his arms crossed, and he was flicking his tail impatiently. Why was he so defensive about getting two new roommates? He knew why. He liked Logan. He was a cool guy. He knew him and didn't mind rooming with him. But he wasn't the social type, and he didn't like being around new people, especially when he had to make a good impression on them. Logan was a one-time thing. Alex didn't think he could get along with anyone that well THAT fast. But he knew it was the right thing to do so he just let it happen.
      The two furs looked at Logan in complete surprise. "What!? You're...you're serious!?" The fox said, smiling widely. Logan nodded and smiled. "Absolutely." "You sure about this?" The skunk asked Logan. "I mean you don't even know us." Logan smiled. "You're Dan." He said as he pointed to the skunk. Then, he pointed to the fox. "And you're John. And I'M Logan! See, we all know each other!" He grinned widely. Dan cocked his brow at Logan. "Yeah--how did you..?" "I told you," Logan said, shrugging. "I heard your conversation. Now...do we have a deal?" He put out his paw. "Dan and John looked at each other briefly before Dan stepped forwards and shook Logan's paw. "Deal."

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      The new dorm was much larger than the one he and Alex had first moved into. When you walked in, there was a living area with a couch and a TV on the far wall. There was also two desks, not including Logan's, on opposite walls on either side of the TV. Right when you walked in, there was a bathroom directly to the right. It was equipped with a long counter with two sinks and a mirrored wall, and a bath-shower with a translucent draw curtain across from it. Not to mention a toilet with it's own stall for privacy. The beds were divided into two separate bedrooms, each with two beds. Logan and Alex's bedroom was right next to the bathroom. Dan and John were in the other. They had spent all afternoon moving everything into the dorm and getting situated, and before they knew it twilight was upon them and the sun was already going down. Logan fell back wards onto the bed he claimed as his and sighed. He, Alex, and Dan had forced his desk through the door of the dorm, then through the door to the separate bedroom he and Alex were staying in; and now they were finally done moving in. "Oh man, am I hungry" Logan said as he held hid seemingly empty stomach. Alex sat down on the same bed Logan was on and stretched his arms over his head. "Ahh...Yeah. I'm famished. We should get Dan and John and grab a bite to eat. Then maybe we could go hang out at a local club or something." Logan tilted his head back and looked up at the leopard that had joined him. "Sounds great! But first, I'm gonna take a short nap. Wake me up in like, half an hour." He stretched and yawned, then closed his eyes and started to doze off.
      Alex nodded and stood up. "Alright, no problem." Making his way out into the living area, Alex pulled Logan's iPod out of his pocket and put on the earphones. He selected a long trance song and lay back on the couch, closing his eyes and tapping his paw in the air to match the beat of the song. Dan was laying on his back on one of the beds he and John would be sharing. The fox was leaning over him, with his knees at Dan's sides and his paws by his head, and was kissing him deeply. Dan had his arms up around Johns neck as he pressed his muzzle against his lover's, murring deeply and feeling all around John's mouth with his toung. John murred and moaned deeply into his boyfriend's maw. His toung caressed Dan's as he pushed it in and out of his mouth, feeling his mate's teeth and the roof of his mouth. He loved being with the skunk more than anything. It had been that way for almost a year, ever since that fateful night...
      "Hey, John?" "Yeah?" The fox sat up on the couch a little. "What is it, Dan?" "How long have we known each other?" John thought for a short moment about the strange question that was asked by his best friend. "Um...I don't know. It was second grade, right?" The skunk nodded silently as he sat against the front of the couch, looking at the floor. "Well then, about ten years then. Why?" Dan sighed softly and turned the TV off with the remote control, making his living room completely dark except for patches of blue moonlight that shone through the windows on either side of the TV set. "I've been thinking a lot...about us." John sat up fully now and put his bare foot paws on the floor next to his friend. "Yeah? What about us?" John placed a friendly paw on his friend's shoulder. Dan kept his gaze away from the fox, putting his head on his arms that were around his knees and looked at the floor between his footpaws. "We've known each other so long. We've been through so much together as friends. Heh, you even came out to me before anyone else."
      John smiled a bit and rubbed the back of his neck as he remembered how he had told Dan he was gay; and how Dan just laughed and told him nothing like that would ever change his mind about his best friend. John thought that telling him had even brought them closer. "Dan...what's on your mind? You haven't been yourself lately. Is there something wrong?" Dan sighed heavily and turned his head a little towards John. "It's just that...well...these past few weeks I've been noticing things about myself. I have thoughts I never had before..." John looked at Dan quizzically. He wasn't really sure what Dan was talking about. "Thoughts? About what?" "You..." Dan responded in a considerably smaller voice. The skunk was thankful for his dark fur, for he was blushing quite deeply. John gulped as he heard his friend's words. "M-me?" John felt his paw begin to shake slightly on Dan's shoulder. "Yes, you..." Dan was speaking louder now, but with a slight nervous vibrato in his voice. He had started; there was no turning back. He had to finish what he was saying. "John, there are things about you--things that I knew were there--but it seems that I've actually started caring to notice them. A month ago, if you asked me if you were good looking, I would have told you that you were the cutest guy on the planet...just to humor you. If you asked me now, I would tell you the same thing. Only now...now I would mean it."
      John gulped hard at the developing knot in his throat. He was sure Dan could feel his paw shaking now. The fox felt his paws beginning to sweat a little. Even his breathing had become somewhat shallower. "Dan, I...just what exactly are you saying?" John was finding it hard to believe the words coming from the skunk's mouth. Dan turned and looked at John right in the eyes. He was frightened of what might happen when he told john that... "I'm saying...ever since you came out to me, I've been having this battle in my conscience about whether or not this...this feeling that's been growing is really right. And lately, a certain side of that battle has claimed victory...so to say." Dan gulped as he put a shaky paw on the fox's. John blushed deeply. He felt Dan looking right into his eyes...right down into the depths of his heart. He tried to say something, but couldn't. However, he felt it was foolish to even try to speak. Dan gulped as he continued with his final words. It was now or never. "John...John, I love you." He felt his breath stop as if his lungs were momentarily frozen. Time and space stopped in the seemingly long minutes John took to answer. Dan knew only seconds were passing. John stared at Dan for a few seconds. He could swear in the short silence that he and the skunk could hear the thumping of his heart. "Dan...um...this is really sudden..."
      Dan stood up and backed up a pace as he kept his eyes away from John's. He felt foolish as tears threatened to come to his eyes. "I'm sorry. I-I shouldn't have said anything. Just...just forget--" He suddenly felt his paw squeezed tightly. John was standing in front of him, looking at him with the most serious face Dan had ever seen. John took a breath and shivered a little. When he got off the couch his blanket had come off him and he was standing in his underwear, but he didn't care. "Dan...Danny..."He squeezed the skunk's paw tighter. "Don't be sorry. And no, I'm not going to just forget this. I don't want to. I--I love you, too, Dan. I think I always have..." Dan felt a tear run down his eye as he leaned forwards instantly and kissed John for the first time. He was in heaven. John came back from his memories. He was still kissing Dan, and he knew he had thought about how he and Dan came together for mere seconds. He murred deeply and began to kiss his mate even more enthusiastically than before.

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      Logan rubbed his eyes and yawned as he sat up in his bed. Alex had shaken him awake and was setting the wolf's iPod by his wallet and phone. "You have a pretty nice collection." Alex said as he sat down on the bed next to the one Logan was on. Logan smiled and stood up, stretching a little. "Thanks. You can listen to it anytime. Just ask first." He started to make his way out into their living area and was followed by Alex. "Alright thanks." Alex said as he followed his friend. "So, are we still going out to eat?" Logan walked over to Dan and John's room as he talked. "Let me get these guys." Logan opened the door to his dorm mates' room, but quickly closed it so it was barely cracked as he blushed a little. "Hey guys--Oh! S-sorry.." He had walked in to see Dan holding John and kissing him passionately. "Mmmm...ah, huh?" John looked over his mate's shoulder when the enjoyable kiss was broken abruptly. He blushed deeply and rolled off of his mate when he saw they had been accidentally intruded upon. "Oh..h-hi..Logan.." Dan went to the door and opened it, smiling embarrassedly and blushing a little. "We were just um...uh.." "It's Ok. Um...I hope we didn't interrupt." Logan said, scratching the back of his head a bit and smiling a little.
      "Yeah," Alex added, even though he hadn't seen anything. "You guys can have some privacy." Dan walked out into the living area, followed closely by John. "No, no, it's OK. You didn't walk on anything too personal." He was still blushing a little. John smiled and shook his paws in front of him when he saw Logan's unbelieving expression. "We weren't gonna...well...I mean we just met you guys. That would be so rude of us." Logan chuckled and picked his car keys off of a small stand by the door. "Alright we get it! Now let's go get some food!" Logan opened the door and walked out. "Yeah, come on guys." Alex said as he followed the canine closely. Dan smiled at John as he held out his paw for him. "See? I told you everything would be alright with these two." John smiled back at his mate and grasped his paw tightly. "Yeah. Those guys aren't so bad." They left the dorm, shutting the door behind them and following their new friends...paw in paw.

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      Logan took another bite of his sandwich and turned the corner in his Mustang, heading back towards the dorms. They had gone to Arby's again, and he and Alex had ended up ordering the same thing...again. He looked in his mirror at Dan and John, who were sitting in the back seat, still holding each other's paws as they ate. He couldn't help but smile a little. They looked so cute together. Logan often wondered if he would ever end up finding a guy like that. "So um, Dan...John, do you guys want to come out with me and Alex tonight?" Logan said after swallowing a bite of his food. "Yeah," Alex said, turning around in his seat to face the skunk and the black fox. "I know this club not too far from here. It's Kinda like a rave...great music--and it's pretty safe too. Not a lot of drugs or anything like that." John looked over at Dan. Their eyes met for a moment and a silent understanding happened between them. The fox then looked over to Alex, waving his paw. "Nah. Thanks, but we've had a long day." Dan nodded to Alex in agreement with his partner. "Yeah, we were gonna watch a movie or something tonight. You guys go ahead." Logan shrugged as he pulled into the parking lot and found an empty slot. "OK then. You two have fun tonight then." Alex nodded as undid his seat belt, getting out of the car. "Yeah that's OK. I'm gonna shower first before we go though, OK Logan?" Logan shrugged again as he turned of the car and got out at the same time as Dan and John. "OK, I wanted to change anyway."
      The four walked back up to their dorm, which was now located on the fourth floor of the male building, and entered their new living space. Dan and John went and started looking at some movies they had brought while Logan put his keys down and went into his bedroom, flipping on the lights and walking to his dresser. Alex, who also went to his dresser, accompanied him. "So, um..I'll be out in like ten minutes." Alex said as he took off his shirt and pulled out a new one. "Then we can go." Logan wasn't even conscious that he and Alex were changing in each other's presence again. He pulled of his jeans and pulled on a new pair. "Alright, sounds good." Alex was about to pull of his boxers when he stopped, clearing his throat. "Oh um...forgot about the changing rule. I'll go into the bathroom." "No!" Logan turned around his, pants halfway on. He blushed a little and avoided Alex's gaze. He had responded a bit suddenly, and was trying to think of a way to cover it up. "I mean um...that was a dumb rule. I didn't know you and was afraid you weren't comfortable changing in front of a guy. You can go on if ya want. I've seen it all before anyway, in high school." Alex shrugged and turned back around, dropping his boxers while facing away from Logan. "Oh, well alright then." He grabbed a white towel off the top of a hamper that was by his dresser and put it around his waist. Then he opened the door and walked around to the bathroom, but not before giving Logan one last glance.
      Alex walked out into the dorm for a moment, blushing slightly as he ignored the whistle of approval from Dan, and the comment on his 'perfect butt' made by John. He rolled his eyes as he walked into the bathroom and locked the door. He put his towel by the sink and went to turn the shower on. Once the water was the right hotness, he stepped in and closed the curtain. He let the water wash over him. He closed his eyes and smiled. The water pressure was just right, and when he turned around it hit his back, sending a tingle up his spine. After a couple seconds, Alex realized he was idly rubbing his sheath...and it was naturally responding. He shrugged to himself and continued rubbing. No one would know he was pawing off, and he hadn't done it in so long. He murred as he rubbed his bulging sheath with one paw and tickled his balls with the other. He looked down to see his member growing steadily out of its hiding place. Within about a minute he was hard. He grabbed his throbbing erection and squeezed it gently, gasping a bit as a tingle of pleasure surged in him. He purred softly as he began to slowly move his paw up and down his own shaft. He ran his paw smoothly over his skin, as everything was wet and he was able to paw without using the extra skin.
      He squeezed himself hard when his paw traveled upwards, making sure to pass over the sensitive tip to simulate himself fully. His purr grew louder, and his breathing harder as he gradually sped up. He was soon leaning on the wall opposite of the one that had the shower nozzle with his left paw, and pawing of hard with his right. The water hitting his back and soaking him made the experience more intimate. He moaned softly as he began to thrust into his paw. He knew his climax was close and he wanted his orgasm to be as good as he could get it. He suddenly felt his balls tighten up and his cock swell slightly. He pawed himself madly, breathing harder than ever as his seed made its way through him. He half gasped-half moaned softly as he thrust forward, shooting the dry wall of the shower with his cum once, twice...five times! His paw slowed to a stop as he stood there a moment, recovering from his much needed release. He smiled to himself as he lazily wiped his dripping semen from the wall, knowing it would dry anyway, and turned around to clean himself.

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      Logan gave a sigh of relief as Alex left. He was glad Alex didn't notice his eager response. That would have been most embarrassing. The thing was, he was actually curious to see the leopard fully in the nude, and he knew he would eventually, but he forced the thought from his head, feeling his pants beginning to bulge a little. He changed his shirt, now wearing a gray T, and walked out into the living area, where Dan and John sat together on one end of the couch, watching the opening credits to some movie. "Hey, Logan." John said, looking at the wolf as he sat on the other end of the couch. "We saw some really hot, naked feline leave your room...what was that all about now?" He smirked playfully as he toyed with the wolf. Logan looked up, surprised at the comment. "Wha-?" He was thinking of a way to respond, but Dan cut in before he could say anything. "Yeah, he had a really nice ass hehe." He nudged Logan with his footpaw playfully as he caught on to his partner's scheme. Logan gulped and blushed a little, mainly because he agreed with Dan's comment...but he knew they were just playing, and he tried to suppress it and smile back. "Very funny, you guys."
      John laughed a little and continued on. "Oh, was that a blush on those furry white cheeks of yours? What do you think, hun?" He nudged Dan and winked at him. "Yeah," Dan poked Logan with his footpaw again. "I think it was. You know what that means..." The skunk and the fox jumped off the couch. Dan sat next to Logan and leaned against him, batting his eyelashes. "Logan's got a crush on a certain little kitty we know!" Logan raised his eyebrows as the skunk practically pounced him. The he felt John hug him from behind and tweak his ears. He blushed deeply when he heard the words uttered by Dan--he couldn't help it. "What?! N-no I do-" John cut off Logan next. "Awwww...Look at him blush! Hehe, I think he was lying when he told us he was strait." Logan gulped. There was now a huge knot in his throat that stopped him from speaking. His blush had reached a point to where you could see it from across the room. He wanted them to stop...to just go away. Right now he hated them. He knew they were kidding, but what if they found out? Would they tell Alex? Dan put his paw on Logan's thigh and poked his chest with his other paw. "Heh, this one's as strait of a rainb-"
      "ENOUGH!" Logan was standing now. He had actually thrown the two off of him from anger. John had tripped and was sitting on the ground, staring up at Logan with wide eyes, and Dan had fallen off the couch and was looking at him the same way. "L-Logan..we didn't mean-" John tried to explain they were just joking, but Logan interrupted him. "I don't care! A joke is one thing. That was..." he gulped as he felt a tear roll down his cheek. Why did he even care so much? They were only playing, but Logan was reacting as if they had severely offended him. "That was wrong..." He turned away from them and slammed his fist against the wall. He wanted them to just go away. He was acting like a baby over nothing. He hadn't cried in years and now he felt like balling his eyes out. Dan got up and walked over to Logan, putting a paw on the shoulder of the visibly shaking form. "Hey...we're sorry, OK? We know you're strait. Don't we, John?" He looked at his mate, who was walking over to Logan as well, to signal to agree with him.
      "Yeah. We didn't mean to offend you." John said as Logan sighed, still looking at the wall. "We know you're not gay, and of course you don't have a crush on Alex." Logan turned around as he wiped his watery eyes. He went and sat down on the couch with his paws on his forehead. "I shouldn't of reacted that way...It's just...just..." He couldn't find a way to say what he wanted. He would have to tell them strait up or not at all. John sat next to the wolf and looked at him, his paw on Logan's shoulder again. "Just what?" Logan gulped. He couldn't believe he was about to tell someone--whom he'd know for a day--his deepest secret. "I wouldn't have been so mad and embarrassed if...if you were wrong..." Dan looked at his boyfriend in disbelief, and John looked right back in the same manner. Dan crouched down in front of Logan and lifted his head so their eyes met. "Logan...are you saying you Do have a crush on Alex? Or are you saying you're gay?" Logan sighed and leaned back on the couch, the redness in his eyes slowly diminishing. "Both...at least...I THINK it's both."
      John leaned back as well so he was next to his new friend. "So you think you're gay?" Logan shook his head. "No, I know for a fact I'm gay. That's not what's bothering me. It's-" "Alex." Dan finished Logan's sentence. Logan just nodded silently. John smiled at laughed a little. "Well that's OK. There's nothing wrong with having feelings for a guy." Logan stood back up and began pacing in front of the TV. He was thankful to hear the shower water was still running. "I know, but...but it's not like that. I mean yeah, I like him. He's cool. But I've known him for only two days! And I've seen him naked like three times already! That's the only reason I'm attracted to him. I mean you said it yourself, that cat is..." He felt himself blushing as he looked towards the bathroom where he knew Alex has soaking himself in a shower of hot water. Running foamy shampoo all over his body and enjoying every minute of it. Logan felt his pants bulge "Well he's hot. Really, really hot."
      Dan laughed and stood up by Logan. "Yeah, I'm surprised he doesn't have a girlfriend. He's the best looking guy I've seen in a while." Dan smiled nervously and added quickly when he saw John glaring at him evilly. "B-besides John of course!" He winked at his mate to show he was only trying to cheer Logan up. John rolled his eyes a little and stood up again. "Yeah, you can't feel bad about being attracted to him. It's natural, I say. The way I see it is you'll get over him and find a cute collie or husky or something within a week." Logan started to respond when he heard the shower turn off. He looked from Dan to john with pleading eyes. "Please, don't tell him anything! You can't, it would kill our friendship. He doesn't know I'm-" "I don't know you're what, now?" Alex came out of the bathroom with a towel around him. He was getting water from his ears as he walked to the bedroom. Logan gulped as he wheeled around to face the leopard. He was frantically searching for an excuse, and he knew by Dan and John's silence that they weren't thinking of anything. Then, and idea hit him.
      "Oh um...dammit, Alex! You little eavesdropper!" He put on a smile as convincing as he could. "I was just telling Dan and John here that I was going to surprise you by taking you to see your uncle in the hospital! You know, before we get to the club." He waited, holding his breath. Alex looked shocked at Logan. "You...told them?" Logan frowned. He realized he had just made a huge mistake. "I-I..." "And what's worse," Alex continued; now advancing on Logan with an expression of anger. "Is that you I would actually want to see my dying uncle in a hospital bed!" Dan Looked at John and saliently ushered him into their room. John followed hastily. "You said you know what HD is...did you think I would WANT to see someone I love, who can't talk, who can't walk, and has no memory of me whatsoever?! Fuck! He can't even take a SHIT by himself anymore!" Logan was backing up now, shaking his paws innocently in front of him. "No! Alex I didn't..I didn't think-"
      "That's right! You didn't think! I thought you were going to be my friend, wolf! You just had to go and stab me in the back! You could've at least kept it from Dan and John!" "I'M SORRY!!" Logan was taken back by how mad Alex was. "I...I just wanted to help." Logan felt he was between a rock in a hard place. He couldn't tell Alex what he had really been talking about. He had to keep lying...even though things were going to get worse. Alex stood in the doorway of the bedroom he shared with Logan. There was a pause in which both were silent. Alex just shook his head and went into the room, slamming the door. Logan sighed heavily as he held his stomach. He felt like he was going to be sick. Really sick. He started to go to the bathroom when he heard a cell phone go off. He knew by the ring that it was Alex's. He went over and picked the phone up. The front display was flashing 'MOM' in red. He took the ringing phone and went into his room, where he saw Alex pulling on a shirt. "Alex...it's your mom." "Alex was about to go off again, but he just took a deep breaths he grabbed the phone from Logan's paw. "Thanks.." He flipped it open. "Hello?"

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      Dan was laying next to John in the dark on one of their beds. He It had been quiet now for quite some time. They had been cuddling for a while, and had heard the door open and close, so he knew Alex and Logan had left. He smiled as he thought of the two. He could tell they were good friends, even when they were fighting. He suddenly felt a paw slide up this inner thigh and cup his crotch. John smirked at his lover in the dark as he groped him. "Hehe, we're alone now." Dan smiled and murred playfully as he rolled over on top of John and pinned him. "So we are..." He reached down and hooked his finger under the band of the fox's briefs, pulling them down slowly and tossing them over to where the rest of their clothes lay on the floor. "And when I said Alex was the best looking guy I'd seen. I was lying." John giggled as he pressed his naked body up against his mate's soft fur. "You talk too much, sweetheart. Now take them undies off and lemme se that nice butt of yours!"
      The skunk growled playfully as he got off of his mate for a moment. He stood in the light that was coming through their window and dropped his boxers, revealing his half erect cock and his bouncing furry sac. He turned around and raised his tail to his partner. "Hmmm...Is this what you wanted to see?" John found himself involuntarily rubbing his own sheath, coaxing his member out as he looked over the skunks' body, especially his rear. "Ooo, sexy skunkers! Now, get over here and make love to me, you!" Dan needed no second biding, he wheeled around and pounced his mate, pinning him to the bed once again and kissing him deeply. "Mmmm! I love you." The fox murred loudly into the kiss as he was pinned once again. They were both breathing hard now as they broke the kiss every five seconds or so to tell each other how much they loved the other. John was now as hard and aroused as he'd ever been, and was grinding against his lover's own erection. "Oooh..damn, skunk! You got me all pent up!" Dan started kissing the fox's neck, sucking and nibbling every once and a while as he made his way down to his chest. "Mmm! Well I guess--Kiss--I'll have to--nibble--do something about it--lick"
      John let out a soft moan as he watched the silhouette of his mate work its way down his body. He lay back with his arm up by his head, as he felt a paw grab his throbbing member. "Mrrrr! Oh, you better...do something! I'm worse than usual." Dan had John's cock in his right paw. He was holding it at the base as he rubbed his left paw all over the fox's torso, scratching lightly every so often. He put his muzzle hard against his mate's balls, taking in their scent before he began to drag his toung all the way up to the tip of the cock that he held. "Mmm...tasty!" He put his mouth over the head and sucked it softly. John clawed at the bed sheets as he struggled to keep still under the expertise of his lover's toung. He was panting now with his head thrown back and his eyes shut tight. He felt a glob of pre cum leave the slit of his penis. It was quickly licked up by the skunk's toung. Dan was unusually eager that night, and he had already begun bobbing his head up and down on John's pulsing cock, instead of slowly torturing him with pleasure as he usually did. He used his toung to rub the sensitive underside of his partner's cock, making sure he got the sweet spots every time. After a few short agonizing minutes of this, he let go of the base and opened his mouth wider. He took the meat directly into his throat, murring loudly.
      John moaned loudly in absolute pleasure. His mate was working so well on his cock, even John was a bit surprised on how fast he was approaching his climax. "OOOHH! D-Daniel Matthew! You're so...amazing!" He was panting hard now, as pre cum streamed almost constantly from his slit now. He bucked up into his lover's muzzle, hitting the back of his throat every time as his orgasm came rushing in on him. "Haa..a-AAAHH!" Dan was quick. He felt the fox's member twitch violently in the first signs of orgasm. He took his mouth off of the delicious cock and began pawing it furiously with his left paw. He had his right paw cupped over the top. "Mmm, come on, baby...that's it." John howled loudly, gripping he bed tightly as he shot Dan's paw with his cum. He panted hard until his climax receded, leaving him momentarily motionless on the bed. "Dan...w-what's wrong hun? Didn't you want...a tasty treat?" Dan smirked and brought his paw full of semen up to his mate's muzzle. "Well, hehe, I was saving it for something else." He smirked as John stuck his toung out for a taste of his own seed, but Dan pulled it away. "Ah-ah-ah! Not for that end." He leaned back and started spreading the white substance on his throbbing cock. John raised an eyebrow in confusion when he was denied his snack. Then he smiled and giggled playfully, seeing what his mate had in mind. He turned over and put his rear in the air, raising his tail. "Heh...you're a big tailhole slut, you know that right?"
      The skunk murred deeply as he leaned over him and pressing the tip of his cum-lubed cock against it. "Mrrrr! Only your tailhole though." He slowly penetrated his lover's well-stretched hole, and soon hilted easily inside of him. "Damn! You feel better every time!" John moaned softly as he felt his tailhole being occupied by his boyfriend's sizable meat. He clenched around it as it hilted, holding it there for a minute, before relaxing again and murring deeply. "Mmmmrrrrr...so, you gonna pound me or what?" The skunk slowly pulled out of the canine's rear until only the head of his penis remained inside. "You asked for it, lovely...UNGRR!!" He used almost all the force he could and literally pounded his cock deep inside his lover. He shivered for a moment before picking up a fast hard pace of fucking his partner. John was in a state of ecstasy. He loved it when Dan was in a dominant mood. His large cock was pounding him harder and harder, sending him over the edge into a state of bliss. He panted and moaned as he jerked forwards with every powerful thrust into his rear. "Ooohhh...Danny...ooohhh god!" Dan loved it when his mate called out his name. It turned him on so much! He panted hard as he rammed his cock deep into his mate again and again. He was nearing his orgasm incredibly fast, but was too caught up in the moment to try and delay it. "Oooh, fuck! I'm gonna...c-cum..already!"
      John heard his lover's words, but he didn't have enough time to say he was about to cum as well. His whole body jerked violently as his second orgasm seemed to come out of nowhere. "Da-AHAAAA!" He soaked the bed sheets with his second load. He couldn't take any more and collapsed. Dan groaned loudly as he felt himself coming to climax. He was finally sent over the edge when John came and tightly clenched around his cock, locking him in. He fell on top of his mate, cumming into him and filling him as he lay there panting. "Oooohh..yes..aaahh!" The two lay there for a long time, holding each other's paws tightly. Dan was kissing the back of John's neck when he finally pulled out of him. He shuddered slightly and lay back down on his lover. "Mmm...I love you so much, John." John smiled and sighed happily as he felt sleep overcoming him. "I love you too, my Danny boy." The lovers lay together until they slowly fell into a deep sleep.

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      Logan sat, staring at the floor in the waiting room of the local hospital. He remembered what had happened back in the dorm... Logan just handed Alex his phone and was walking over to his desk when he heard Alex. "No..no no NO!" Logan turned around to see that Alex had started to cry. He was now fully dressed, but he was slamming his fist on the dresser. "Alex...what's wrong?" Logan was concerned now; he walked over and stood, waiting, behind his friend. "Not now...why now!? You're lying!" Alex was yelling into the phone now. Logan was getting really worried. "Alex! What the heck is going on?" Alex couldn't hear Logan. "Alright, I'm coming right away." He hung up his phone and put on his shoes without socks, getting up and looking at Logan seriously. "It's my dad...he's--he's dying...right now!" Logan was shocked and confused. "What?! You're dad? But-" Alex pushed passed him and went to the door. "I lied to you. My dad is the one in the hospital. He has HD, not my uncle. I don't even have an uncle." Logan followed Alex into the hall and down the steps. "Alex. Alex, wait!" He took Alex's paw in his and held it tightly. "Let me apologize for earlier. Let me take you." Alex nodded as hot tears coursed down his face. "O-OK..thanks"
      "Logan...LOGAN!" Logan jerked out of his semi-trance and looked up to see a middle-aged female leopard standing over him. It was Alex's mother, and she had watery eyes. "Mrs. Burner! How's-" She cut him off. "It's MS Burner now. And Alex is fine, he's coming out right now." Logan felt so sorry for Alex and his mother, but especially Alex. He knew they were expecting the loss, but by Alex's reaction to the news at the dorm, not this soon. He nodded in response to Ms Burner's statement and looked to the doors to the left. Alex had just come in and he had tears in his eyes. Logan felt time stop for a moment as he looked into those eyes. Before he knew it he had his arms around the leopard and was holding him tightly. Alex was a bit taken back by the sudden action, but he didn't care. He hugged the wolf back just as tight. "Logan...."

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      Back at Kingston, Logan led Alex back up to their dorm. When he entered, he immediately took in the scent of musk from two different sources. He knew that Dan and John had probably had sex earlier and fell asleep or something because the TV was still on. Logan went and turned it off, not bothering to turn the lights on in the dorm, as Alex walked into their room. Logan went in after getting a glass of water from the bathroom. While he was in there, he could smell another faint scent of musk. He blushed, knowing it was Alex's; he must have pawed off when he took a shower. However, Logan didn't care at the moment. He took off his shirt on the way to the room, and saw Alex standing in his boxers and leaning on his dresser. "Alex..." Logan couldn't find words worthy enough to say to Alex. SO, he just went and took of his jeans, shoes, and socks, and went back over to Alex.
      "Logan?" Alex said quietly. "Yes, Alex?" "I forgive you for earlier. You didn't do anything wrong really. You didn't know it was such a personal matter. I'm sorry I went off on you." "Oh, Alex..." Logan sighed and put his paw on his friend's shoulder. "You don't worry about anything else tonight. Just come to bed, OK?" "I'm not tired..." "Alex...please..." Logan took the feline's paw gently and pulled him a short distance to his bed. "You need rest." Alex sat down on his bed and sighed heavily as silent tears ran down his face. "Al--alright..." Some odd force, again, drew Logan. He sat down next to Alex, still holding his paw, and pulled him to lie down next to him. "Come on...I'll stay here until you fall asleep, I swear it!" He smiled, trying to cheer his friend up a little. "You don't have a choice." Alex was again taken back by Logan's actions. The wolf acted as if they had been best friends all their lives...or even...no. Alex pushed the thought from his mind and lay down with the wolf. He relaxed when he felt a Logan's arm wrap around him. He closed his eyes and was soon fast asleep. Logan Smiled at the sleeping leopard and sighed softly. He started to get up, but when he did Alex stirred in his sleep. He gulped and lay back down. He pulled a blanket over himself and Alex and hugged to him again. That night, he dreamt of Alex...and only Alex. And he secretly hoped Alex was dreaming of him too.